Day One
Opening Keynote (9-9:45)
The Rise of Rare Earths (9:45- 10:30)
Break (10:30 – 11:00)
Panel: Future of Coal in America (11:00 – 12:00)
- Opening Presentation: From Coal to Critical
Stuart Burgess, Chairman & Co-founder, Burgex Mining Consultants - Dan Connell, Senior Vice President – Innovations, Core Natural Resources
- Richard Bishop, Senior Consultant – Mineral Economics and Risk, Stantec
Lunch (12:00 – 1:00)
- Make Coal Great Again
Luncheon Keynote presented by Emily Arthun, CEO, American Coal Council
New Uses for Coal I: Research and New Technologies (1:00 – 2:00)
- Dan Connell, Senior Vice President – Innovations, Core Natural Resources
- Trina Igelsrud Pfeiffer, Director, University of Wyoming – Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion
Sustainable Practices and Emissions Reduction (2:00 – 3:00)
- Ventilation Air Methane and Coal Mine Methane Abatement and Utilization
Richard Grzanka, Vice President of Business Development, Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc. - Advancing Mine Safety Through Real-Time Ventilation Monitoring with Data Analytics
Daniel Sosa, Senior Systems Engineer, Innovative Wireless Technologies (IWT) - Recovering the Unrecoverable: Enhanced Coal Fines Recovery
David Dooley, President, Baleen International
Break (3:00 – 3:30)
New Uses for Coal II: Construction Materials from Coal Byproducts (3:30 – 4:30)
- Coal Ash Beneficial Use Supply Outlook: Enhancing Availability through Harvesting and Beneficiation
John Ward, Principal, Wardo - A manufacturing technology platform to recycle waste coal ash into lightweight aggregate for the construction industry
Dr. Robin Deb, Ph.D, Head of Product Development, SusMaX - Don Marsh, Editor, Concrete Products and Cement Optimized magazines
Reception/Exhibits (4:30 – 6:00)
Day Two
Day 2 Keynote: First New Coal Power Plant in the US in Nearly Two Decades (9:00 – 9:30)
Disruptive Tech (9:30 – 10:30)
- Jon Jensen, Head of Rail (RACE), Deswik
- Michael-Paul Jenkins, Enterprise Business Development, Gecko Robotics
Break (10:30-11:00)
Panel: Legislative Landscape (11:00 – 12:00)
- Donna Schmidt, Editor, North American Mining and Coal Trends magazines
- Chris Hamilton, President, WVCA
- Rachel Gleason, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Coal Alliance
- Sam McKown, President, Kentucky Coal Association
Lunch (12:00-1:00)
Panel: Consultants (1:00 – 2:00)
- Donna Schmidt, Editor, North American Mining and Coal Trends magazines
- Stuart Burgess, Chairman & Co-founder, Burgex Mining Consultants
- John L. Weiss, Vice President, John T. Boyd Company
Special Presentation: The History of the National Mine Rescue Association (2:00 – 2:15)
- Bill Reid, Publisher, Coal News, Inc.
Wrap-up: Coal’s Strategic Landscape (2:15 – 2:45)
- Donna Schmidt, Editor, North American Mining and Coal Trends magazines
- Preview of the SME PCMIA Annual Joint Meeting
Mary Delrosso, Joint Conference Coordinator